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chew
verb▶ chew face
to kiss US, 1980- “Who can tell me what petting means?” asked subsitute teacher Sharon Simon, who has a master’s degree in psychology. “You mean chewing face?” queried one student. — Los Angeles Times, p. 2–6, 3 February 1986
▶ chew it
in skateboarding, to fall from the board US- — Albert Cassorla, The Skateboarder’s Bible, p. 199, 1976
▶ chew pillows
to be the passive partner in anal sex UK- [A] scrounger, parasite, pervert, a worm, a self-confessed player of the pink oboe, a man or woman who by his own admission chews pillows. — Peter Cook, Entirely a Matter for You, 1979
▶ chew steel
(of a racehorse) to strain against the bit AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 14, 1989
▶ chew the cud
to consider something; to be very thoughtful UK, 1749- Adlai Stevenson [...] chewing the cud of his two defeats and talking to no one — Guardian, 21 January 1961
▶ chew the fat
to gossip, to chatter idly US, 1907- The farmers were chewing the fat in feed and hardware stores, the women were chopping their gums in Five-and-tens and department stores[.] — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Caroline and Paul Blake, p. 143, 16 March 1948
- [I]n the course of chewing the fat we told each other all about our form. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 148, 1956
- We stood around the De Soto and chewed the fat a while. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 258, 1961
- So I check the meters, which takes me maybe two hours, what with the fact that I chew the fat with a couple of the engineers, and then Alfie and me drive home. — Robert Campbell, The Cat’s Meow, p. 44, 1988
- Now I want to create the illusion that this is just Mickey and I chewin’ the fat all by ourselves. — Natural Born Killers, 1994
- Did ministers not need to get together sometimes just to chew the fat? — Guardian, 5 July 2002
▶ chew the rag
to discuss something; to complain, to moan; hence, to argue UK, 1885- We chewed the rag for quite a while and shot the con for fair / and when it came to spreadin’ jive, you could gamble that I was there. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 131, 1965
- “Oi,” yelled Eldon. “You still chewing the rag?” — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 8, 1984
▶ chew the scenery
to over-act in a dramatic performance US- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 48, 1973
- I see scenery and / chew it, chew it / that’s how I do it[.] — Gerard Alessandrini, Chew It [Forbidden Broadway Volume 3], 1993
- Johnny Depp and rival pirate Geoffrey Rush, both chewing the scenery with such abandon it’s a wonder their vessels don’t spring a leak[.] — Bang, p. 64, August 2003
- A surprisingly entertaining high-seas actioner with Perkins chewing the scenery as the leader of a group of terrorists who have taken over a supply ship. — David Beller, TLA Video & DVD Guide 2004, p. 206, 2004
▶ chew the sugar cane
to gossip US- The family was in the living room chewing the sugar cane on what was happening in Puerto Rico. — Piri Thomas, Stories from El Barrio, p. 118, 1978
▶ chew your tobacco more than once
to repeat yourself US, 1893- — Shirley Brice Heath, Ways with Words, back matter, 1983
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